@RenkeSiems@openbiblio.social2026-06-17 19:22:38
I had the opportunity to write a chapter for the handbook *The Global Business of Education*, edited by Marcelo Parreira do Amaral, Sieglinde Jornitz, and S. Karin Amos.
“People Farming in Academia” analyzes how the increasing datafication of academia is increasingly modeling it after the platform economy as we know it - with all the accompanying phenomena: vendor lock-in, precarity, ghost work, geopolitical interference, and an increasingly questionable relationship with factual accur…
@MartinM@norden.social2026-06-18 05:04:06
A hair-raising article in *The New Yorker* about Trump's plans to acquire Greenland.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/06/22/inside-the-ludicrous-deadly-serious-plan-to-take-over-greenland
@ruth_mottram@fediscience.org2026-05-16 05:57:44
The incredible analytical work of John Burn Murdoch @… along with some other colleagues is one of the main reasons I subscribe to the FT. It's rather expensive but absolutely worth it.
https://fediscience.org/@Ruth_Mottram/116582689708855765
Ruth_Mottram - This is a fascinating and beautifully illustrated analysis, exploring convincingly why birth rates are crashing basically everywhere and while there are certain many factors, the smoking gun is actually a smartphone.
So what to do about it? I think I agree with the conclusions, housing and financial support is one element, equality between sexes in household tasks certainly another, but finally, perhaps our job as parents is to inculcate the habit of socialising with others into our kids, especially when they get to the teenage years.
Why birth rates are falling everywhere all at once - a limited 🎁 https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/8bf630d4-6e20-42c7-bb33-e98dd6a01571
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-05-12 17:30:40
Makary's time atop FDA over, Diamantas named acting commissioner (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/12/makary-fda-resign-white-house-00916014
http://www.memeorandum.com/260512/p59#a260512p59
@cdarwin@c.im2026-07-07 14:51:50
Jannik Sinner (1) beats Jan-Lennard Struff 7-5 7-6(4) 6-5
Struff gave it all he had, but Sinner was far too good and might, perhaps, have played himself into a bit of form.
Next for him: Auger-Aliassime or Djokovic
https://www.
@sherold@mastodon.online2026-05-12 11:55:13
I accidentally turned a love letter to a protocol into a love letter to honest, human connections. I thought you might like it. 🌻
#blog
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-06-01 18:30:48
Researchers find several packages in the @redhat-cloud-services npm namespace shipped malware targeting credentials for GitHub Actions, AWS, GCP, and others (Rohan Prabhu/Step Security Blog)
https://www.stepsecurity.io/blog/multiple-redhat-cloud-servi…
@mxp@mastodon.acm.org2026-06-02 12:28:11
A foreign funder just informed me that “the applicant has decided to withdraw the proposal from the competition. As a result, the review will unfortunately no longer be required. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.”
I’m happy to assure you that this doesn't cause me any inconvenience.
#AcademicChatter
@mxp@mastodon.acm.org2026-06-02 12:28:11
A foreign funder just informed me that “the applicant has decided to withdraw the proposal from the competition. As a result, the review will unfortunately no longer be required. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.”
I’m happy to assure you that this doesn't cause me any inconvenience.
#AcademicChatter
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-05-04 19:05:46
Former Trump and Biden AI advisers Dean Ball and Ben Buchanan urge bipartisan action on AI security risks, including tighter export controls and safety audits (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/opinion
